THAT HURTS IN SEPTEMBER. >> COUNTRY MUSIC STAR TOBY KEITH PERFORMED AT HIGHMARK STADIUM FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT BEFORE HE DID HE HAD A SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR A LOCAL VETERAN. HE TEAMED UP WITH THE INDEPENDENCE FUND. A NON-PROFIT THAT HELPS WOUNDED VETERANS TO GIVE BRAND RUMBAUGH A $16,000 ALL-TERRAIN WHEELCHAIR. WHILE SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN BRANDON STEPPED ON AN IED AS HE WAS CARRYING A MARINE TO SAFETY. HE LOST BOTH OF HIS LEGS. IN ADDITION TO THE LIFE-CHANGING WHEELCHAIR BRANDON GOT BACKSTAGE PASSES TO THE SHOW. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING BRANDON’ STORY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE WERE THERE IN 2014 WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A NEW HOME IN UNIONTOWN BY THE GROUP HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS THEN IN 2016 FOUNDER OF LUMBER JOE HARDY GAVE BRANDON THREE BUILDINGS IN UNIONTOWN SO HE COULD OPEN A MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FACILITY AND ALSO A PLACE WHERE HE CAN OPERATE
Country music star Toby Keith gifts Pittsburgh veteran $16,000 all-terrain wheelchair before concert
Updated: 9:26 AM EDT Sep 30, 2019
Before country music star Toby Keith performed at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh Friday night, he had a special surprise for a local veteran. He teamed up with The Independence Fund, which is a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans, to give Brandon Rumbaugh a $16,000 all-terrain wheelchair. While serving in Afghanistan, Rumbaugh stepped on an I.E.D. as he was carrying a Marine to safety.He lost both of his legs. In addition to the life-changing wheelchair, Rumbaugh got backstage passes to the show.
PITTSBURGH —
Before country music star Toby Keith performed at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh Friday night, he had a special surprise for a local veteran.
He teamed up with The Independence Fund, which is a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans, to give Brandon Rumbaugh a $16,000 all-terrain wheelchair.
While serving in Afghanistan, Rumbaugh stepped on an I.E.D. as he was carrying a Marine to safety.
He lost both of his legs.
In addition to the life-changing wheelchair, Rumbaugh got backstage passes to the show.
